What are the differences between the printed form of the Quran and that of Uthman’s(R) time?
Today’s volume of the Quran has vowel marks (tashkil) to help in the pronunciation and diacritical marks to help tell the difference between similiar letters. All old Qurariic script is completely without diacritical points or vowels signs. Also there are no headings or separations between the Swar or any other kind of division or formal indication of the end of a verse. Do we still have old manuscripts of the Quran? Yes. In the Egyption National Library there is a copy made of gazelle skin which has been dated 68 after Hijra (688 A.D.), 58 years after the Prophets death. There are also copies from the first and second centuries A.H. When were diacritical marks and vowelling symbols introduced into the Quranic manuscript? First century A.H. When was the first time the current manuscript of the Quran printed? In 1925 (1344 A.H.) in Cairo, Egypt and it is based on the reading of Hafs as reported by Asim. What to observe regarding reading the Quran? • One should have a personal copy of t
